solara

AAC reportedly gives better quality for the same file size. mp3 is ancient history and old technology compared to mp4/AAC.

The only program that seems to play AAC is TCPMP with the AAC plugin (freeware) and PocketMusic with the commercial AAC plugin ($9.95).

I like MortPlayer - sure wish an AAC plugin could be developed for that!

mingkee

Originally Posted by kramerica

I would go with Ogg Vorbis format at -Q3(112kbps vbr) if you want small files that sound great. I myself use -Q2(96kbps VBR) and the sound is good enough.

I also use OGG Vorbis @ 160k VBR, the sound is hardly to tell the difference from CD
I use CDex to rip from CD, also I have OGG plugin with nero (that makes ogg to audio CD)

phendric

Originally Posted by solara

AAC reportedly gives better quality for the same file size. mp3 is ancient history and old technology compared to mp4/AAC. The only program that seems to play AAC is TCPMP with the AAC plugin (freeware) and PocketMusic with the commercial AAC plugin ($9.95). I like MortPlayer - sure wish an AAC plugin could be developed for that!

I think that AAC is one of the best (lossy) encoding formats out there: it produces small files with crystal clear quality. Just don't get me started on the way Apple tries to force you to put your AAC files only on an iPod...

40th iPlay has a gapless AAC decoder with album art and lyrics.